Ipilimumab is a fully humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody that blocks cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4). Blocking CTLA-4 removes an inhibitory signal from reducing the activity of T lymphocytes. Ipilimumab was developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Medarex.
Ipilimumab was granted FDA approval on 25 March 2011.
Ipilimumab is indicated in the following cancerous conditions:
Melanoma
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
Colorectal Cancer
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Esophageal Cancer
- Treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, as first line treatment in combination with nivolumab
MD Anderson in The Woodlands, Conroe, Texas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
MD Anderson West Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education, Los Angeles, California, United States
Dept. of Radiotherapy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Local Institution - 0157, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Local Institution - 0013, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Local Institution - 0025, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Cancer Center at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
Melanoma Institute Australia, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cambridge Medical Center, Cambridge, Minnesota, United States
Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Essentia Health - Deer River Clinic, Deer River, Minnesota, United States
UCLA Medical Hematology and Oncology, Los Angeles, California, United States
Abramson Cancer Center of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Inova Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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